SU, who call themselves a direct action group, went on: ‘The most drastic cuts have been to specialist services who provide vital support for LGBTQ+ and BAME people.

‘Between 2010 and 2014, 32 specialist refuges were closed.

‘Austerity is sexist. Austerity is racist.

‘With the astronomical rate of domestic violence in the UK, we need guaranteed funding for services that help women to live freely and safely.’

While suffragettes eventually won the vote through disruptive civil disobedience, today, feminist activists Sisters Uncut are take inspiration from their methods to declare that: ‘As long as violence against women continues, the battle for women’s liberation has not yet been won.

‘Dead women can’t vote.’

Lauren Laverne, whose red carpet interviews were disrupted by Sisters Uncut’s peaceful protest, was fully on board with the cause.